The Adult Panto: Jack and his Giant Stalk

Extending the panto season into the new year the Market Theatre company are back for their 21st year of touring the UK with their unique brand of Adult Pantomime.

The show takes on a large tour across the UK from November 2024–March 2025. The Market Theatre Company Adult Panto started life in the company’s own small-scale venue in Hitchin in Hertfordshire with a four-week run back in 1996 to now running for over 3 months with the current show. 

It’s popularity (says artistic director Kirk Foster) is down to its wide appeal. Kirk said “The Adult Panto differs from others you might find in that it is much more of a farcical comedy play than a typical pantomime twisted with adult references. It relies on the idea that a team of just three actors must play all the characters and tell the story while everything goes wrong around them with lots of innuendo thrown infor good measure!” he continues, “the Adult Panto really does appeal to everyone from ages 18–80!”. 

Production Manager Glyn Doggett said “feedback for our last show was incredible across social media so we can’t wait to return to those venues we visited last year, plus a few new ones this year!” he continues, “One of the things I love about our adult panto’s is that we are constantly surprising audiences with where we take the original story and characters, that’s part of what makes us different. It all ends in confusion giving it a big farcical finish which has become our trademark.”